Lead abatement works begin in Port Pirie
Reducing lead exposure is an important part of life in Port Pirie, so we’ve just commenced a program to make sure that public housing residents in more than 40 properties in the town have a healthy home environment.
The lead abatement improvements aim to minimise dust entry into homes where children under five years-old live, and are an important component of the solutions being delivered by a multi-agency Government Task Force.
Works include:
- Sealing windows and door gaps,
- Covering bare dirt yards with appropriate material such as gravel and garden mulch and undercover play areas with synthetic turf, and
- improving stormwater drainage.
Works on the properties will start soon, and are expected to be completed by February 2024.
Landscaping upgrades at metro housing site
We've got some exciting news to share - landscaping upgrades are underway at one of our metropolitan housing sites.
Our horticultural contractor Urbanvirons Group is laying new lawn, redefining garden beds and tidying some of the existing trees and vegetation.
A community garden will also be created for tenant use, and will include raised garden beds, fruit trees and seating.
We've also undertaken a range of other improvements to some of our other similar sites.
New Graduate Officers join the Authority
Four new Graduate Officers have joined the SA Housing Authority.
Adam, Saiyuri, Carmel and Brisna have taken up positions across the agency as part of our Graduate Program.
The program offers 12-month employment opportunities to recent and current university graduates to provide workplace experience in a role related to their chosen field of study.
All four new team members say they are keen to get started.
Civil works underway at affordable housing development
Civil works on our Munno Para affordable housing site are underway.
SA builder Fairmont Homes is constructing 51 affordable houses at Everleigh - Munno Para, which will all be sold exclusively to eligible buyers through HomeSeeker SA.
We are responsible for delivering affordable homes to South Australians through our Affordable Housing Initiative and the HomeSeekerSA program, both of which unlocks housing and land supply around metropolitan Adelaide and removes competition from investor buyers.
